Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty on…

Ludwig von Mises
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Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with liberty only if its range is adequately restricted to the preservation of what is called economic freedom. ✨ Ludwig Von Mises (1963). Human action: a treatise on economics
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